matlab-display-volume
Display 3-D image volumes, medical image volumes, surface meshes, and annotations for 3-D image processing. Use when displaying 3-D images or isosurfaces with volshow, creating volume viewers with viewer3d, adding Regions of Interest (ROI) or annotations, overlaying masks or segmentations, streaming volumetric data, or building apps with volume display.
npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-display-volume --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Volume Display Display volumes with `volshow` for performant, high quality volume display. Display isosurface meshes, triangulations, and surfaces using `images.ui.graphics.Surface` rather than `isosurface` for more performant, higher quality mesh display with more responsive interactions for meshes of all sizes. ## When to Use - User asks to create a GUI, app, dashboard, or interactive tool for volume, isosurface, or surface mesh display - User wants ROIs, annotations, or other lines and shapes plotted on top of the volume or surface mesh - User wants to display labeled data or other overlay volumes on top of a volume ## When NOT to Use - User does not have the Image Processing Toolbox — fall back to `isosurface` + `patch`, but recommend `volshow` for better performance. ## Medical Image Volumes When the user has the Medical Imaging Toolbox, use `medicalVolume` to load DICOM/NIfTI/NRRD files, then call the `volshow` method on that object. This automatically sets the spatial `Transformation` and `SpatialUnits` from the file metadata. All other patterns in this skill (Viewer, overlays, annotations, streaming, app building) still apply — only the entry point differs. ```matlab medV
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Medical Image Volumes
- Key Objects
- Workflow
- Legacy Patterns to Avoid
- Patterns
- Standard Volume Display
- Surface Mesh Display
- Rendering Styles
- Streaming Volumes
- Generating Animations
- Adding Annotations on Volume
- Responding to User Interactivity
What does the matlab-display-volume skill do?
Display 3-D image volumes, medical image volumes, surface meshes, and annotations for 3-D image processing. Use when displaying 3-D images or isosurfaces with volshow, creating volume viewers with viewer3d, adding Regions of Interest (ROI) or annotations, overlaying masks or segmentations, streaming volumetric data, or building apps with volume display.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-display-volume --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit, a repository with 868 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.